"Houston, we have lift-off. . ."

Welcome back! Now, maybe things can get back to some sense of normality around here. Gentlemen, meet Herr General Karl Heinz von Dempfenpflug, a mercenary cavalry general, who comes from a long line of Baltic German landowners, who trace their lineage all the way back to the Brothers of the Sword. Currently, he is resting on his family estate somewhere in Livonia, weighing offers to accept cavalry commands from both the Grand Duchy of Stollen's Grand Duke Irwin-Amadeus II and the Electorate of Zichenau's Princess Antonia. Rumor has it that von Dempfenpflug can be had for the price of a cup of coffee and a really good doughnut. We shall see if this is indeed the case.

Comments

tradgardmastare said…

A man to be reckoned with me thinks - and with a noble lineage.
I await further developments with interest.
Alan
p.s good to have you back amongst us . Is a figure planned for the aforementioned gentleman?

2:06 AM

Bluebear Jeff said…

Stokes,

Welcome back to the land of the blogging!

It is good to see that you are back with us. I hope that you and the Grand Duchess are enjoying your new home . . . yes, that means that we want to see some pictures.

-- Jeff

4:09 AM

abdul666 said…

Glad to see that life in the Grand Duchy is less hectic again!

Promising times for Stollen and Zichenau..

Best wishes,
Jean-Louis

7:54 AM

Snickering Corpses said…

Great to see you back, Stokes! We should arrange that delayed phone call once things settle for you.

10:53 AM

A J said…

Welcome back, Stokes. =)

Coffee and a really good donut? Hmm, tempting...

9:42 AM

Martin said…

Hey Stokes,

Hope the move went smoothly. Stollen might "sweeten" the offer, by escalating to the jelly-filled level. Good to have you back!

Yours,

Martin

3:59 PM

Giles said…

Stokes

Welcome back to blogland. Hope you are settling in and are making the unpacking of your paints and figures a top priority!

Best wishes

Giles

8:30 AM

A Little More Brushwork. . .

A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men. Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished. Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students. -- Stokes P.S. And according t...

Basic Reds Done at Last. . .

S till quite a way to go with the current batch of 20 human figures and a horse (of course), but they're actually starting to look like something after all of the red distinctions. Quite a bit of painting in hour-long sessions the last week as and when time has allowed. Mostly applying the basic dark red to facing areas and turnbacks followed by the inevitable touch-ups to clean up wobbly edges and those misplaced, minute splotches of Citadel Khorne Red. They're looking like so many Austrian infantry regiments of the era at this point, but the eventual flags will turn them magically into the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment, more or less, of the AWI period. But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. One frustrating point (ahem) of sad discovery. I've started trying to use those Winsor & Newton 'Series Seven' brushes (#1 rounds) purchased last spring, and the blasted things simply will not keep a point. Very frustrating since I have heard over the y...

It's Early Days Yet. . .

M aking some early progress with Batch A of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment over the last several days/evenings. Nothing terribly exciting just yet, but the basic black, brown, and flesh areas are done as are the green bases, and gray undercoat. The latter two areas needed some careful retouching early in the week. Next up, the neck stocks. I might just do these in red for the enlisted men although some of my source material suggest they were black, but I always look for an excuse to shake things up a bit. Any errant splotches of red (or black) can be covered with another application of light gray before I move onto the next step. "Giddy up!" as one Cosmo Kramer might have said. -- Stokes

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